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Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle will arrive exhausted. -- Sun Tzu |
Secretary of the Navy, Individuals serving as(752 total words in this text)(2423 Reads)  NAME TENURE Benjamin Stoddert........................ 18 Jun 1798 - 31 Mar 1801 Robert Smith................................. 27 Jul 1801 - 7 Mar 1809 Paul Hamilton................................ 15 May 1809 - 31 Dec 1812 William Jones................................ 19 Jan 1813 - 1 Dec 1814 Benjamin W. Crowninshield........... 16 Jan 1815 - 30 Sep 1818 Smith Thompson.............................1 Jan 1819 - 31 Aug 1823 Samuel Southard............................ 16 Sep 1823 - 3 Mar 1829 John Branch................................... 9 Mar 1829 - 12 May 1831 Levi Woodbury.............................. 23 May 1831 - 30 Jun 1834 Mahlon Dickerson.......................... 1 Jul 1834 - 30 Jun 1838 James K. Paulding.......................... l Jul 1838 - 3 Mar 1841 George E. Badger........................... 6 Mar 1841 - 11 Sep 1841 Abel P. Upshur.............................. 11 Oct 1841 - 23 Jul 1843 David Henshaw.............................. 24 Jul 1843 - 18 Feb 1844 Thomas W. Gilmer..........................19 Feb 1844 - 28 Feb 1844 John Y. Mason.............................. 26 Mar 1844 - 10 Mar 1845 George Bancroft............................ 11 Mar 1845 - 9 Sep 1846 John Y. Mason.............................. 10 Sep 1846 - 7 Mar 1849 William B. Preston..........................8 Mar 1849 - 22 Jul 1850 Wiliam A. Graham..........................2 Aug 1850 - 25 Jul 1852 John P. Kennedy........................... 26 Jul 1852 - 7 Mar 1853 James C. Dobbin........................... 8 Mar 1853 - 6 Mar 1857 Isaac Toucey..................................7 Mar 1857 - 6 Mar 1861 Gideon Welles............................... 7 Mar 1861 - 3 Mar 1869 Adolph E. Borie............................ 9 Mar 1869 - 25 Jun 1869 George M. Robeson...................... 26 Jun 1869 - 12 Mar 1877 Richard W. Thompson.................. 13.Mar 1877 - 20 Dec 1880 Nathan Goff, Jr..............................7 Jan 1881 - 6 Mar 1881 William H. Hunt.............................7 Mar 1881 - 16 Apr 1882 William E. Chandler...................... 16 Apr 1882 - 6 Mar 1885 William C. Whitney........................7 Mar 1885 - 5 Mar 1889 Benjamin F. Tracy......................... 6 Mar 1889 - 6 Mar 1893 Hilary A. Herbert.......................... 7 Mar 1893 - 5 Mar 1897 John D. Long.................................6 Mar 1897 - 30 Apr 1902 William H. Moody........................ 1 May 1902 - 30 Jun 1904 Paul Morton...................................1 Jul 1904 - 30 Jun 1905 Charles J. Bonaparte......................1 Jul 1905 - 16 Dec 1906 Victor H. Metcalf.......................... 17 Dec 1906 - 30 Nov 1908 Truman H. Newberry.....................1 Dec 1908 - 5 Mar 1909 George von L. Meyer.................... 6.Mar 1909 - 4 Mar 1913 Josephus Daniels............................5 Mar 1913 - 5 Mar 1921 Edwin Denby.................................6 Mar 1921 - 10 Mar 1924 Curtis D. Wilbur.............................19 Mar 1924 - 4 Mar 1929 Charles F. Adams..........................5 Mar 1929 - 4 Mar 1933 Claude A. Swanson...................... 4 Mar 1933 - 7 Jul 1939 Charles Edison...............................2 Jan 1940 - 24 Jun 1940 Frank Knox...................................11 Jul 1940 - 28 Apr 1944 James Forrestal............................. 19 May 1944 - 17 Sep 1947 John L. Sullivan..............................18 Sep 1947 - 24 May 1949 Francis P. Matthews...................... 25 May 1949 - 31 Jul 1951 Dan A. Kimball..............................31 Jul 1951 - 20 Jan 1953 Robert B. Anderson.......................4 Feb 1953 - 3 Mar 1954 Charles S. Thomas........................ 3 May 1954 - 1 Apr 1957 Thomas S. Gates........................... 1 Apr 1957 - 8 Jun 1959 William B.Franke............................8 Jun 1959 - 19 Jan 1961 John B. Connally, Jr....................... 25 Jan 1961 - 20 Dec 1961 Fred Korth.....................................4 Jan 1962 - 1 Nov 1963 Paul B. Fay (acting)........................2 Nov 1963 - 28 Nov 1963 Paul H. Nitze................................. 29 Nov 1963 - 30 Jun 1967 Charles F. Baird (acting)................ 1 Jul 1967 - 31 Aug 1967 Paul R. Ignatius...............................1 Sep 19 - 24 Jan 1969 John H. Chafee...............................31 Jan 1969 - 4 May 1972 John W. Warner.............................4 May 1972 - 8 Apr 1974 J. William Middendorf....................8 Apr 1974 - 20 Jan 1977 W. Graham Claytor, Jr...................14 Feb 1977 - 24 Aug 1979 Edward Hidalgo..............................24 Oct 1979 - 20 Jan 1981 John Lehman..................................5 Feb 1981 - 10 Apr 1987 James H. Webb............................. 1 May 1987 - 23 Feb 1988 William L. Ball............................... 28 Mar 1988 - 15 May 1989 Henry L. Garrett III........................15 May 1989 - 26 Jun 1992 Daniel Howard (Acting)..................26 Jun 1992 - 7 July 1992 Sean O'Keefe.................................2 Oct 1992 - 20 Jan 1993 ADM Frank B. Kelso, II (Acting).. 2 Jan 1993 - 21 Jul 1993 John H. Dalton...............................22 Jul 1993 - 16 Nov 1998 Richard Danzig...............................16 Nov 1998 - 20 Jan 2001 Robert B. Pirie, Jr.(acting)...............20 Jan 2001 - 24 May 2001 Gordon R. England.........................24 May 2001 to present |
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1759:
British forces seize Basse-Terre and Guadeloupe from France.
1865: Union cavalry units continue to skirmish with Confederate forces in Henderson, North Carolina and Munsford Station, Alalbama. 1924: The U.S. Senate passes the Soldiers Bonus Bill. 1942: In retaliation for the British raid on Lubeck, German bombers strike Exeter and later Bath, Norwick, York, and other "medieval-city centres." Almost 1,000 English civilians are killed in the bombing attacks nicknamed "Baedeker Raids." 1945: The Soviet Army fights its way into Berlin. 1950: Chiang Kai-shek evacuates Hainan, leaving mainland China to Mao Zedong and the communists. 1975: At a speech at Tulane University, President Gerald Ford says the Vietnam War is finished as far as America is concerned. This was devastating news to the South Vietnamese, who were desperately pleading for U.S. support as the North Vietnamese surrounded Saigon for the final assault on the capital city. |
